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the back for avoiding the fiscal cliff. much't know how congratulation we ought to have for that. yesterday i was buying some groceries, and the guy at the checkout stand had no idea who i was, and should not have. he said, what is going on on capitol hill? what are those people doing? we ought to fire everybody in congress. they cannot get their work done. we have to get our work done. they don't have to get their work done. he made a good point. it is down to the level of gross restore check out people, and i suspect other levels than that. people are tuned into the news media or entertainment media. they call it the fiscal cliff, so that it appears to be in niagara falls with money running over it. more of a gradual slope, but we have to stop this downward slope that we are on. it is important that we do that. this is the body that can do that. congress can do that. we do a war of words around here, this protecting the ridgc. h the problem goes into the definition of rich, and that is a hard one to explain. any attempt t
the back for avoiding the fiscal cliff. much't know how congratulation we ought to have for that. yesterday i was buying some groceries, and the guy at the checkout stand had no idea who i was, and should not have. he said, what is going on on capitol hill? what are those people doing? we ought to fire everybody in congress. they cannot get their work done. we have to get our work done. they don't have to get their work done. he made a good point. it is down to the level of gross restore check...
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on thist your take fiscal cliff deal. david in louisiana, republican caller. caller: i feel this bill is not really accomplishing anything. if we keep ignoring what we are doing with the tax dollars, iciest of money going to refuse -- i see this money going to a very few states and individuals. it is not stimulating manufacturing here. we are buying chinese solar panels and trying to offset that by putting tariffs on imports. it is a big joke. i'm not speaking just on the federal approval. that is just one example. we've got to have oversight and planning. we've got to do something that will not have long-range negative impacts. we've got to control spending. it is not a democrat or republican gain. we have to be realistic about what we are spending our money on. host: marla in missouri. go ahead. caller: a couple of things. the last few callers are right. it is not a democrat or republican. it is the whole cabinet. the thing that gets me is that ronald reagan did are all the money from social security. i am one of those people. i'm also on social security now
on thist your take fiscal cliff deal. david in louisiana, republican caller. caller: i feel this bill is not really accomplishing anything. if we keep ignoring what we are doing with the tax dollars, iciest of money going to refuse -- i see this money going to a very few states and individuals. it is not stimulating manufacturing here. we are buying chinese solar panels and trying to offset that by putting tariffs on imports. it is a big joke. i'm not speaking just on the federal approval. that...
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on the fiscal cliff. they're actually well positioned, i think they got trounced in the fissical cliff debate but they feel like, we've done the revenue side, now we're going after spending in 2013. but republicans and democrats have a habit of saying, we'll get to spending, just later on. and once again they've done that. president obama has indicated, listen, he still wants more revenue, wants to go after tax loopholes. he's not done going after revenue. host: a democratic caller, d rambings nell from maryland. caller: i agree with the last caller, he right. we heard lindsay graham and mccain talking about round two they're trying to, want to stick it to obama. they're hurt because obama made them look bad in his sweach. what they need to do is lead, follow, get out of the way. let obama lead, he's doing a great job, knows what he's doing, he's better at it than they are. we need to cut spending and also we need to look at the problem with american health care, we need to work on the problem which is th
on the fiscal cliff. they're actually well positioned, i think they got trounced in the fissical cliff debate but they feel like, we've done the revenue side, now we're going after spending in 2013. but republicans and democrats have a habit of saying, we'll get to spending, just later on. and once again they've done that. president obama has indicated, listen, he still wants more revenue, wants to go after tax loopholes. he's not done going after revenue. host: a democratic caller, d rambings...
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cliff, to return to the partisan stance republicans brought on fiscal issues. in particularly on the budget. teams the amount in a rise in budget to be the default funding levels this year. levels well below this week's compromise agreement. we saw that in the last budget process as well. we made an agreement and of low and behold, the budget came out with numbers substantially below that agreement. >> ideal another two minutes. >> it also exempts the cost of policies we know cannot become law -- massive tax cuts as well as the cost of repealing the health reform act. we voted on at 30 times in this house and the american people have an opportunity to vote on that. we ought to be focused on making that act as good as it can be, making it affordable and providing access to affordable quality health care. after more than 30 votes to repeal, it did not happen. yet this proposed rule signals 113 will continue along a path that has been rejected. another provision continues the policy of denying to 5 million american citizens living in our territories, the district
cliff, to return to the partisan stance republicans brought on fiscal issues. in particularly on the budget. teams the amount in a rise in budget to be the default funding levels this year. levels well below this week's compromise agreement. we saw that in the last budget process as well. we made an agreement and of low and behold, the budget came out with numbers substantially below that agreement. >> ideal another two minutes. >> it also exempts the cost of policies we know cannot...
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we saw this during the fiscal cliff fight, the unsuccessful bid to turn back the sequester. it did not work. now the president is trying something new, of reach to republicans. obviously, a handful of visits will not change the tone. but if this is something he does in a sustained way, it could make a difference. host: defined this term a grand bargain. remind us what we're talking about. are the prospects real? guest: when simpson-bowles came out with their plan in december 2010, $4 trillion in deficit reduction. we are getting to that point. the grand bargain dissipated in terms of a few people's expectations and we had john boehner and the president walk away from the table. it is back in the discussion again because of the sequester, because of this outreach. people are talking about the possibility of a deal that involves both taxes, more revenue, as well as entitlement reform changes. we have not seen it yet. it is still a long shot. people are at least talking about it. they do not see a clear road map to any peace the solution. host: what will it take? guest: this ha
we saw this during the fiscal cliff fight, the unsuccessful bid to turn back the sequester. it did not work. now the president is trying something new, of reach to republicans. obviously, a handful of visits will not change the tone. but if this is something he does in a sustained way, it could make a difference. host: defined this term a grand bargain. remind us what we're talking about. are the prospects real? guest: when simpson-bowles came out with their plan in december 2010, $4 trillion...
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fiscal cliff bill and we are hitting taxpayers with millions of dollars with unnecessary costs right on day one. at least when democrats spend money, we educate kids, provide health care. this republican spending goes in the pocket of lawyers, big spending republicans on day one spending millions of dollars of taxpayer money on the federal take over of marriage and stimulus. vote no. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on education and the work force, mr. miller. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: i thank the gentlewoman for recognition. i rise in favor of the motion to commit that i will be offering with mr. clyburn and mr. lewis before the house later today so we can take an important step to protect the right of every a
fiscal cliff bill and we are hitting taxpayers with millions of dollars with unnecessary costs right on day one. at least when democrats spend money, we educate kids, provide health care. this republican spending goes in the pocket of lawyers, big spending republicans on day one spending millions of dollars of taxpayer money on the federal take over of marriage and stimulus. vote no. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized....
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i think the president coming off of the fiscal cliff debate, the republicans, that was their golden moment to extract concessions from the democrats, specifically on social security. i think he would agree with me the end of the negotiations, the trade between the republicans and democrats was to do an increase in the debt ceiling, in exchange for cutbacks in so security cost-of-living adjustments. john boehner and republicans decided they want to have an argument over the debt ceiling, because of the new year we will be better positioned. they quickly have realized that is not going to be the lever they thought it would be. host: you have covered three presidents, clinton, bush, and now president obama. people say the political divide between these branches is stronger now than it has been in years. you agree or disagree? guest: i absolutely agree. host: why/ guest: i think it is a building that has been taking place frankly since the past couple administrations. it was the war in iraq. for the republicans, the government spending. it is also the election system and the way we run our pri
i think the president coming off of the fiscal cliff debate, the republicans, that was their golden moment to extract concessions from the democrats, specifically on social security. i think he would agree with me the end of the negotiations, the trade between the republicans and democrats was to do an increase in the debt ceiling, in exchange for cutbacks in so security cost-of-living adjustments. john boehner and republicans decided they want to have an argument over the debt ceiling, because...
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on the heels of our new year's day compromise and the tax portions of the fiscal cliff, my republican colleagues recognized the dangers of yet another debt showdown on the markets and on the possibility of downgrading u.s. credit worthiness, but rather than build on that rare moment of ipartisan cy -- bipartisan comity and put our nation back on a path of financial responsibility, house republicans doubled down. they pushed ahead with their cut, spend at any cost agenda. they pushed through a continuing resolution that baked in the harmful cuts of sequestration which is a self-inflicted wound on our economy. ironically house republicans pushed through on a party-line vote a bill that claims to protect the full faith and credit of the united states, when in reality it would only place it more at risk by suggesting we won't be good for our debt. furthermore, many of my republican colleagues have relied on this debt crisis on research done by two economists, mr. rhine hart and roga suggesting high levels of pu lick debt leads to lower rates of economic growth. that research has been the
on the heels of our new year's day compromise and the tax portions of the fiscal cliff, my republican colleagues recognized the dangers of yet another debt showdown on the markets and on the possibility of downgrading u.s. credit worthiness, but rather than build on that rare moment of ipartisan cy -- bipartisan comity and put our nation back on a path of financial responsibility, house republicans doubled down. they pushed ahead with their cut, spend at any cost agenda. they pushed through a...
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more now on last night's passage of the fiscal cliff bill from a republican member of congress from today's washington journal d. host: you volted against the fiscal cliff deal. why? guest: how much time have we got? i didn't like the spending portion of it. taken in a vacuum, i thought the tax portions, preserving rates and so forth, fixing the a.m.t., fixing the death tax permanently i thought was good. and i think i to have voted for it if it had just been about the tax rates but as so often is the case in washington, the bill wasn't just about the tax rates. it increased spending $330 billion over the next 10 years. i don't know how anyone is making the argument it's a balanced approach. it raises taxes and raises spending. and that's -- it was the spending part that did it in for me. host: speaker boehner voted for it. what do you read into his vote and the conversations that were happening both behind closed doors and on the house floor over the last couple of days? guest: i don't know. i honestly don't know. i was thinking about that a lot the last 24 hours. but there was some very c
more now on last night's passage of the fiscal cliff bill from a republican member of congress from today's washington journal d. host: you volted against the fiscal cliff deal. why? guest: how much time have we got? i didn't like the spending portion of it. taken in a vacuum, i thought the tax portions, preserving rates and so forth, fixing the a.m.t., fixing the death tax permanently i thought was good. and i think i to have voted for it if it had just been about the tax rates but as so often...
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the question for john boehner is -- we saw this with the fiscal cliff. we saw it during the fiscal cliff debate. john but -- john boehner gave his plan be. we will raise taxes on those who make $1 million or more. he wanted to go to the president and say, look, we passed something, you need to come to the table. he cannot get enough votes to bring it to the floor. john boehner, as speaker, particularly back then, is someone who may not be able to direct the caucus. that is a big issue. we do not know what republicans want. just because john boehner says maybe we will make a deal and maybe we will not, we really are not sure what direction -- can he lead his conference? that is the fundamental question. host: we have a call on the republicans line from new york. caller: hello. my comment was -- i guess we changed what we are commenting about, but i just wanted to say that i e-mailed by senator, and under her e-mail, you can only e-mail her under gun violence. i told her the guns i have are not causing violence. they are mostly used for protection. i do no
the question for john boehner is -- we saw this with the fiscal cliff. we saw it during the fiscal cliff debate. john but -- john boehner gave his plan be. we will raise taxes on those who make $1 million or more. he wanted to go to the president and say, look, we passed something, you need to come to the table. he cannot get enough votes to bring it to the floor. john boehner, as speaker, particularly back then, is someone who may not be able to direct the caucus. that is a big issue. we do...
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on the heals of the new year's fiscal cliff deal are insist ising on entitlement reform. is this accurate reporting? will the $85 billion in automatic cuts go through on march 1? guest: it certain seems as though we are going in that direction. republicans have taken the position that the obama administration has gotten the tax increases that we want. we went through that battle. taxes have gone up. people in my district already called me and said why are my taxes going on? i thought there was a big deal out there. tax vs. gone up on the american economy, american families. we have gotten the revenue rates and tax increases up. now americans are asking congress to do the rest of the project, which is to deal with the spending side of the equation. none of us really want the across-the-board-type cuts that you would get with equestionser because we really would like congress to get in and do its job and try the specific areas that need to be cut and allow other areas that don't need to be cut to remain in place. that's a two-way street. you have two sides to the table have
on the heals of the new year's fiscal cliff deal are insist ising on entitlement reform. is this accurate reporting? will the $85 billion in automatic cuts go through on march 1? guest: it certain seems as though we are going in that direction. republicans have taken the position that the obama administration has gotten the tax increases that we want. we went through that battle. taxes have gone up. people in my district already called me and said why are my taxes going on? i thought there was...
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>> first of all, julianna, let's take the example of this year's fiscal cliff. i did not say we would not have any conversations out all about extending the bush tax cuts. i said we would not extend them for the wealthy. we did not. now, you can argue that during the campaign i said i set the criteria for "wealthy" at $250 on dollars and we ended up being a $400,000, but millionaires are paying more taxes, just as i said. from the start, my concern was making sure we had a tax code that was fair and protected the middle class. when biggest priority is making sure that middle-class taxes did not go up. the difference between this year and 2011 is the fact that we have already made $2 trillion in cuts. at the time, i indicated that there were cuts that we could sensibly make that would not damage our economy, would not impede growth. at the time, i said we should pare this with revenue in order to have an overall balanced package. my own budget reflected cuts in discretionary spending. my own budget reflected the cuts that needed to be made. we have made those cut
>> first of all, julianna, let's take the example of this year's fiscal cliff. i did not say we would not have any conversations out all about extending the bush tax cuts. i said we would not extend them for the wealthy. we did not. now, you can argue that during the campaign i said i set the criteria for "wealthy" at $250 on dollars and we ended up being a $400,000, but millionaires are paying more taxes, just as i said. from the start, my concern was making sure we had a tax...
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we saw that with the fiscal cliff deal. that is the best example i have. yes, ultimately republicans voted to raise taxes and the president did not get exactly what he wanted at the outset a bad deal. there was compromise on both sides but he and speaker john boehner tried to negotiate in earnest. when there is an issue of lines that have been drawn the sand that don't appear to be disappearing, i am not too sure what can come of these discussions. with 2014 around the corner, the majority of lawmakers on capitol hill are thinking about that. republicans want their fingerprints a new tax revenues and there are democrats who would be concerned about the politics of cutting popular entitlement programs. host: this is referring to your time with joe scarborough -- guest:ok, i will let joe field that one. host: the definition of sequestration -- this was set back in the 1980's under the gramm-rudman plan and has become a part of the political lexicon in 2013. guest: this goes back to how this has been designed. it is early to tell what the actual consequences
we saw that with the fiscal cliff deal. that is the best example i have. yes, ultimately republicans voted to raise taxes and the president did not get exactly what he wanted at the outset a bad deal. there was compromise on both sides but he and speaker john boehner tried to negotiate in earnest. when there is an issue of lines that have been drawn the sand that don't appear to be disappearing, i am not too sure what can come of these discussions. with 2014 around the corner, the majority of...
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we are trying to get out of the fiscal cliff and that the same time do something good for the country. the republican vision was not only to raise taxes. john boehner said, two things are irrefutable. president obama has been reelected. get over it. and taxes are going up. there is nothing we can do about it. we need to get spending reductions to get this house in order. when some of my colleagues said they would not go along with the speaker on plan b and said you cannot bring a plan to the floor, that since the speaker into battle with no body armor. he has nothing to lay on harry reid's test or the president also does. host: joining us from south carolina on the independent line. caller: how are you today? i never hear any moderation from the republican party. i think they do that because if they showed moderation, they would not get reelected by the social conservatives in this country. they would not have their support. this is about social circus -- social conservatives trying to change what is legal, basically abortion, what is not legal, the rights. -- gay rights. they complet
we are trying to get out of the fiscal cliff and that the same time do something good for the country. the republican vision was not only to raise taxes. john boehner said, two things are irrefutable. president obama has been reelected. get over it. and taxes are going up. there is nothing we can do about it. we need to get spending reductions to get this house in order. when some of my colleagues said they would not go along with the speaker on plan b and said you cannot bring a plan to the...
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guest: i think on the fiscal cliff they had a difference of strategy. mcconnell wanted a tax first and spending limit. and boehner wanted to have a grand deal, a grand bargain they called it. but those guys, those staffs work very well together. they have known each other a long time and you have two old pros. this is not mcconnell's first rodeo and boehner has been in the house a long time and knows how to cut deals. host: a lot of attention on the ceremonial swearing ins that took place between boehner and joe biden. it is on our website and been rebroadcast and getting a lot of attention on youtube. i will leave it there. it was said it was a day for the old political stiff and if boehner was the nicotine stain ed prince of darkness joe biden was the white knight in the senate fresh from his deal making triumph with mitch mcconnell over the swearing in and lived up to his reputation as bringing sexy back to the medicare eligibility set. guest: he is almost like a court jester always good for a couple of laughs. he is the gaffes never stop with joe bi
guest: i think on the fiscal cliff they had a difference of strategy. mcconnell wanted a tax first and spending limit. and boehner wanted to have a grand deal, a grand bargain they called it. but those guys, those staffs work very well together. they have known each other a long time and you have two old pros. this is not mcconnell's first rodeo and boehner has been in the house a long time and knows how to cut deals. host: a lot of attention on the ceremonial swearing ins that took place...